Journal article
Rupture process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake.
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The 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake initiated slowly, with small slip and a slow rupture speed for the first 40 to 60 seconds. Then the rupture expanded at a speed of about 2.5 kilometers per second toward the north northwest, extending 1200 to 1300 kilometers along the Andaman trough. Peak displacements reached approximately 15 meters along a 600-kilometer segment of the plate boundary offshore of northwestern Sumatra and the southern Nicobar islands. Slip was less in the norther...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Science (New York, N.Y.)
- Volume:
- 308
- Issue:
- 5725
- Pages:
- 1133-1139
- Publication date:
- 2005-05-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1095-9203
- ISSN:
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0036-8075
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:82519
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uuid:8abf5d56-f7da-482f-be6f-57ac173322c2
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- pubs:82519
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82519
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2005
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